Re: [Sheflug] lost packets

[ross <nospam [at] ntlworld.com>]

On 28 Apr 2001 23:09:32 +0000, Barrie Bremner wrote:
> 
> Can you connect to the firewall machine?
> 

single user machine


> The only thing that occurs to me at this time of night is that you
> might be dropping SYN packets - the packets that initiate a connection.
> Dumping them is an easy way to stop most people connecting to a machine. 
> 
> Look for a line similar to this
> 
> ipchains -A input -p TCP -y -j DROP
> 
> or
> 
> ipchains -A input -p TCP ! -y -j ACCEPT
> 
> 


no, that's not it. 
it's a command that is included in the early stages of a firewall
script.
as it happens..... i think it was yourself who sugested the correct
solution last time!
it's not urgent so i can wait unil you've had a few black coffee's ;-)


-- 
Thanks,
        Ross
               ross.h [at] ntlworld.com
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